nitriding

noun
/ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪd.iŋ/

Etymology

From nitride + -ing.

  1. borrowed from nitrogène
  2. formed as nitride — “nitrogen + -ide
  3. formed as nitriding — “nitride + -ing

Definitions

  1. A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with…

    A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia.

    • Stabilization of fluctuations by carbon creates prerequisites during nitriding for the transformation of the chromocarbon cluster into the nitride phase.

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